Jo Dirt

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  1. Would you relocate your family to go to NP school?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I know medical students do it, would you? I just know there are several schools I'd like to apply to that are out of state. I'm not interested in an online

  2. disillusioned with what I do

    Jo Dirt replied to KidPsycho82's topic in General Nursing

    I will stay out of psychiatric nursing for this reason. Seems everyone is wanting to get the "goofy check," as they call it around here. There is such a thing as a legitimate mental illness, then...

  3. Would you relocate your family to go to NP school?

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Yea, I checked out the financial aspect of it awhile back. I started a thread asking if all the extra schooling to be a NP made it worgwhile finanically. I got a variety of answers, which left me more...

  4. What are the benefits of getting your BSN?

    Jo Dirt replied to smilin4ever's topic in General Nursing

    I have a couple more semesters to get the BSN and I want to go to graduate school ASAP. I don't want to be limited to low wage service jobs. I see too many tired floor nurses in their 60's and even...

  5. Insubordinate CNAs

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not on a power trip, far from it, but I'm having some issues with the new nurse aides on my floor (LTC). We first had an issue with the older ones trying to run off the newbies, but after a few go...

  6. Smoking at Work.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know smoking is an addiction and it can be hard to quit, but I just read something in another post that put this on my mind, because I know exactly what they are talking about. I started training a...

  7. can't do nightshift anymore..on the verge of having nervous breakdown

    Jo Dirt replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

    I suffer from severe depression/anxiety and tried working the night shift. I lasted about a month. I was in a horrible mood all the time, no matter how much I slept I was always tired. I hated it. It...

  8. Smoking at Work.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm not talking about showing her the ropes while she is smoking. I'm talking about being in the building working while she is outside puffing away. She is also the type that seems to want to do...

  9. Smoking at Work.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Well...if I'm inside working and she is outside smoking....what's she learning then? I'm not to blame because she is a smoker, either. When someone gets irritable and says they need a cigarette I'm...

  10. terminated

    Jo Dirt replied to lynn0808's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly what I was thinking. Absenteeism bothers me so much that, unless my child is endangered or I am too sick to stand up I will not call in to work. I've called in to work twice in the 8...

  11. AMA House of Delegates Considers Limits on on Nursing Education and Practice

    Jo Dirt replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    They're

  12. Guys. I need advice. I am thinking about going back to school. Thanks.

    Jo Dirt replied to oohnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well...is English your second language? I know pharmacy is definitely more prestiegous and well-paying than nursing. Good luck in whatever you

  13. My Master Cardio stethoscope grew legs and walked out on me :(

    Jo Dirt replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    You know what happened to my Littman? I was walking outside, checking on things around the property, walked around the barn and found it, halfway buried in dried mud. I could have thrown a fit and...

  14. Death work and talking to the dead

    Jo Dirt replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    I sometimes wonder if my phobia of looking at dead people came when I saw my uncle in his casket when I was a child. I used to stew and stew over it, I've done a lot of looking into evidence of life...

  15. Did the horror stories make your doubt yourself?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    We all hear about how hard it is to even get into a CRNA program, that hundreds apply to any one program a year but only a few are chosen...some people apply year after year only to get turned down...

  16. They dropped my mother head first

    Jo Dirt replied to signet123's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In Tennessee, when there is an accident where the patient requires hospitalization, the FACILITY is the one who is required by law to report it to the state. I know accidents happen but in your case...

  17. Pondering a Nursing Degree-Please Help

    Jo Dirt replied to closetoshore's topic in General Nursing

    I went to LPN school with a woman in her 60's. She was very spritely and didn't have a problem at all. In fact, someone made a comment about being so much older than they were and she insisted, "I...

  18. Is it for me?

    Jo Dirt replied to meyun06's topic in General Nursing

    Though I'm a veteran when it comes to having babies, the area os OB/GYN and L&D just doesn't fascinate me the way it seems to others. I do not believe I could work there for several reasons, one...

  19. Graduate School CRNA with a kid

    Jo Dirt replied to mireillegrale's topic in Post Graduate Students

    That has about made the decision for me. I'm looking to advance my career and all paths keep leading back to the NP route. I have four children and still have regrets for all the time school took from...

  20. Depression...

    Jo Dirt replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    I've suffered from severe depression most of my life, and I know it hurts as much as any physical ailment you can have. It's very painful and is one of the most difficult illnesses to deal with....

  21. Okay I know I'm a little early, but I can not help myself!!!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to DestinedRN09's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    When you shadow a CRNA, does that look good on your application or is it just and FYI sort of

  22. Insubordinate CNAs

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    That's perfectly understandable, because I often have felt the same way about being told to stop what I'm doing...but it wouldn't even occur to me to tell the DON or another supervisor I was too busy...

  23. CRNA school and babies -- can you have both?

    Jo Dirt replied to MarySunshine's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Ain't that the truth. When you're in your early twenties 30 seems ancient, it seems like a lifetime away. At the nursing home where I work I was talking to a nurse who is 22 yrs. old. Somehow the...

  24. Death work and talking to the dead

    Jo Dirt replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    I don't talk to the dead. I try to get away from them as soon as I can. The way I see it, when you're gone, you're gone. All thoughts perish, no more work and toil and worry, just sleep. And I don't...

  25. Did you truly enjoy being a RN?

    Jo Dirt replied to Nacki's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm dealing with a similar feeling. I work in LTC and feel like I'm in a rut. The work is so unchallenging and monotonous and while I know a LTC nurse's job is important it is drudgery to me. I told a...